Beyond The Land Of Grey And Pink

Very informative, Dylan, great job.  My recent foray into Canterbury has yielded huge dividends.  Pretty much all I play in the car right now is Gong and Soft Machine (I also do have Caravan "Grey and Pink" which is quite good).  Looking to try and get some Hatfield for Christmas, I'd also like to grab that Khan album because Hillage is awesome, some Robert Wyatt, and probably National Health.

Ah yes, sorry I missed your post ClassicRocker. Really gotta start reading all the way through threads...

Anyway great list. I recently got Cos - Viva Boma and its fantastic. I also have to recommend Quiet Sun - Mainstream, also listed under Canterbury Scene here.

Ghost Rider wrote: I'd also like to mention a band that Dylan probably forgot - Khan, featuring Steve Hillage and Dave Stewart. Their only album, Space Shanty, is quite superb (though, unfortunately,  it hasn't yet been re-released in CD format).

You sure about that? I could have sworn I saw it in J&R in New York last time I was there...I'll have to check it out again sometime.

Thanks for this excellent overview.

In honour of this wonderful blog, I'm listening to Caravan's superb The Show of Our Lives... Highly recommended to all lovers of Canterbury!

Ghost Rider wrote: I hadn't even seen this blog before, and I am even part of the Canterbury/JR team! As much as I love ITLOGAP, my fav Caravan album is probably their second, If I Could Do It All Over Again.... In my opinion, it is even more representative of the band's distinctive sound than its more famous follow-up. It's a pity Richard Sinclair left the band so early in their career - he's easily one of the best singers in rock EVER, and his voice has held up pretty well, especially in comparison with many of his contemporaries. I'd also like to mention a band that Dylan probably forgot - Khan, featuring Steve Hillage and Dave Stewart. Their only album, Space Shanty, is quite superb (though, unfortunately,  it hasn't yet been re-released in CD format). Not to toot my own horn, but if you are interested, I have reviewed both Hatfield and the North's and National Health's albums, as well as Soft Machine's Third and Caravan's first four. One of these days I'll do Khan's too, if I get to really concentrate on the music.

Peter wrote: Shakespeare wrote: Angelo wrote: Shakespeare wrote: Oh.....so Canterbury is a place?  Guess they don't teach Chaucer in school anymore.... I actually read that book from start to finish. I also read a bit of the original Olde English version. Eugh. That wasn't so easy...  Actually Shakes, Chaucer is Middle English. Though it is hard to read (it gets easier with exposure, of course), M.E. does share many words with modern English. For Old English, you have to go back even further (eg, Beowulf), and that stuff sounds more Germanic, than English.   Chaucer is taught at the university level, at least here in Canada. (I took a course.) For anyone's interest, the English town of Canterbury was the site of a popular religious shrine in the Middle Ages. Chaucer's Canterbury Tales dates from the 1300s, and takes the form of a bunch of diverse stories (some ribald, some religious, etc.) told by an imaginary, varied group of pilgrims (a miller, a knight, a prioress, etc) to pass the time as they walk to the site.

Yes, I actually knew that it wasn't Olde English, it's the just the first thing I thought to call it.

(In olde English, bridge is spelled brycg I think. )

Angelo wrote: Shakespeare wrote: Oh.....so Canterbury is a place?  Guess they don't teach Chaucer in school anymore....

I actually read that book from start to finish. I also read a bit of the original Olde English version. Eugh. That wasn't so easy...

I hadn't even seen this blog before, and I am even part of the Canterbury/JR team!

As much as I love ITLOGAP, my fav Caravan album is probably their second, If I Could Do It All Over Again.... In my opinion, it is even more representative of the band's distinctive sound than its more famous follow-up. It's a pity Richard Sinclair left the band so early in their career - he's easily one of the best singers in rock EVER, and his voice has held up pretty well, especially in comparison with many of his contemporaries.

I'd also like to mention a band that Dylan probably forgot - Khan, featuring Steve Hillage and Dave Stewart. Their only album, Space Shanty, is quite superb (though, unfortunately,  it hasn't yet been re-released in CD format).

Not to toot my own horn, but if you are interested, I have reviewed both Hatfield and the North's and National Health's albums, as well as Soft Machine's Third and Caravan's first four. One of these days I'll do Khan's too, if I get to really concentrate on the music.


Edited by Ghost Rider - December 12 2007 at 07:00

Oh.....so Canterbury is a place?